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1908 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1908 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 53,149 33,655
Percentage 59.32% 37.56%

County Results
Taft
  50-60%
  60-70%


President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire solidly voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 21.76%.

Bryan had previously lost New Hampshire to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

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1908 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 53,149 59.32% 4 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 33,655 37.56% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 1,299 1.45% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 905 1.01% 0 0.00%
Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 584 0.65% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 8 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 89,600 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

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County William Howard Taft
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs[2]
Socialist
Eugene Wilder Chafin[2]
Prohibition
Thomas Louis Hisgen[2]
Independence
Margin Total votes cast[3]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 2,916 61.07% 1,692 35.43% 41 3.50% 99 2.07% 27 0.57% 1,224 25.63% 4,775
Carroll 2,562 60.74% 1,591 37.72% 14 1.54% 37 0.88% 14 0.33% 971 23.02% 4,218
Cheshire 4,160 64.74% 1,917 29.83% 232 5.43% 80 1.24% 37 0.58% 2,243 34.91% 6,426
Coös 3,294 58.34% 2,216 39.25% 65 2.41% 31 0.55% 40 0.71% 1,078 19.09% 5,646
Grafton 6,323 62.60% 3,582 35.46% 65 1.94% 95 0.94% 36 0.36% 2,741 27.14% 10,101
Hillsborough 12,568 57.29% 8,701 39.66% 295 3.05% 151 0.69% 223 1.02% 3,867 17.63% 21,938
Merrimack 6,932 56.51% 4,846 39.50% 282 3.99% 156 1.27% 51 0.42% 2,086 17.00% 12,267
Rockingham 6,814 60.34% 4,118 36.47% 161 3.20% 119 1.05% 81 0.72% 2,696 23.87% 11,293
Strafford 4,822 56.25% 3,523 41.09% 79 2.66% 108 1.26% 41 0.48% 1,299 15.15% 8,573
Sullivan 2,758 63.21% 1,469 33.67% 65 3.12% 29 0.66% 42 0.96% 1,289 29.54% 4,363
Total 53,149 59.32% 33,655 37.56% 1,299 3.12% 905 1.01% 592 0.66% 19,494 21.76% 89,600

References

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  1. ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results — New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  3. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, p. 270 ISBN 9780804716963